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Museum Design 2034: Perpetual Beta
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI blogged last week about how futurists write stories of the future based on trends we can observe now. This helps people explore what their lives, and their organizations, might look like … -
Strategizing Me: Make a Personal Career Plan
Category: Museum MagazineThis article appeared in the March/April 2017 issue of Museum magazine. Effective leaders create mission statements to shape their museum careers. The one thing that can be said … -
The Top Ten Alliance Blog Posts of 2025
Category: Alliance BlogSome years, it takes a bit of reflection to find the throughline in museum discourse. 2025 has not been one of them. The main story has been clear: as a new presidential administration came … -
Tech Talk: Microsoft’s Library & Museum Digital Transformation Framework
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis is a recorded Tech Talk from the 2020 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo. Presented by Microsoft Transcript Catherine Devine: Hi everyone, my name is Catherine Devine and … -
In Feeling: Highlighting Disabled Artists through Empathy and Accessibility
Category: Exhibition JournalThis article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Fall 2025) Vol. 44 No. 2 and is reproduced with permission. Is it possible to fully understand someone’s point of view? What tensions … -
I Have A Confession: I’m An Adult
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the July/August 2013 edition of Museum magazine. How can science museums welcome grown-ups? I don’t have children, but I like to go to science … -
When Robots Learn to be Creative, What Happens to Informal Learning
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThe proliferation of AI, particularly Large-Language Models, has rapidly emerged as a transformative force in formal education. This presentation explores the factors driving the increasing … -
January/February 2025 Preview
In this issue: January/February 2025 issue By the Numbers: Taking the Pulse of the Post-Pandemic World The COVID-19 pandemic was the defining global disruption of the 21st century to date: … -
Not the F Word You Know: Embracing Failure to Move Forward
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In the museum field, we work tirelessly to create safe environments where our visitors can explore, build … -
Curating Trauma and Violence: Preparing and Caring for Communities and Staff
Category: On-Demand ProgramsThis is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. In this recorded session, museum professionals from various institutions – a museum focused on the Holocaust, a …